New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-09
COYE7OUS CHANCES AT THE CUP.
YACHTsMEN PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR.

After victory and defeat jubilation hand
and explanation the other. The notes of triumph
awakened by the Volunteers victory still resound
throughout the land. They will swell their loudest at
the dinner at Delmonicos on Thursday, at which the
NewYork Yacht Club will pay well.deserved tribute to
General Paine and Mr. Burgess. Then will como
abiding feeling Of satisfaction and compacency and
confident awaiting of the next Cup contest.
Meanwhile the cutter have had no easy time Of II
evolving explanation which will justify them in
retaining confidence in deep keel opposed to a
senreboard. A beat OF fourteen minutes in twenty
mile thrash to wndward against the fastest cutter In
England it, opposed to theories. regular knockdown
argument and not few cutter men have confessed that
Ii has oored them completely and they have publicly
recanted their perverted faith and avowed their
allegiance to the centreboard doctrine expounded by
Mr. Burgess
BIT there still cutter who are not con-
vnced OF the OF their way and for the sake OF the
sport which will result from the tcnacity with which
they cling TO their opinions they can be freely pardoned
And this is what encourages them An analysis OF the
two between the Volunteer and the Thistle, elm
lnaiing rom first that portion OF 1t from the
start Buoy No. because Of nukcs. steamboat inter
ference etc. shows that the Thistle lost not because she
didn't sail enough hut because she couldn't sail
close TO the wind as the Volunteer. BY the wind on
reach and down the wind say the cutter mon Tho
stick to their colors the Thistle sails quite fast If not
just trne faster than thu Volunteer so to defeat the
volunteer the prODelH IL 70 DHu cutter VIII SAL
fast the Thistle and climb ID windward like the
Volunteer. And here is Just where the split comes.
" It may he done" say some moderate cutter men.
1t can he DONE" say the out-and out cutter men.
" 1t can't be DONE" say the centreboard men.
swe shall see" say those who content to play
the part OF the mere spectators
PLANNING To IMPROVE TaE THISTLE.
nndsight applied to the Thistle has discovered a way
TO improve her already and this Is it: Give her six
inches draft, carry the keel further forward,
sweeping mp with fuller elbow in the orcfoot after the
manner usual with cutters like the Vanduara The
suggestions expresses his confidence that
II they carried the Thstle's shortcomings in
pointing would totally cfaced and she might become
the fastest boat OF her length ever aoatcd and hs
therefore hopes that the Thistle will fall into the hands
ofa fighting and intelligent person"
Lieutenant Hem is those who think it cannot
be done. lie thought otherwise until he ont with
his cutter the Galatea to have a go for the Cup, as
he expressed it, Lieutenant Hem is not designer, but
he is n frst-cass yachtsnan and IA able 10 profit by
experience.
is it my decided opinion" he said to a reporter,
that big cutter can't be built to claw to windward
like the Volunteer and be her equal at other points of
sailing We know the value OF the ccntrebOard on the
other side For what other does the Yacht Rae
ing Association bar Us use except that boat derives an
advantage IT, and sail faster with II than with
II a boat didn't gain something from 1t there
would be no objection 20 ia use Certainly inc 1dcut
Racing Association wonld not rule IL out II 1t made
boat 10 slower made her sag to leewarl
some time back In - had twenty tOuncr in Ply
mouth waters. aud another fellow had cutter much
smaller which yet used To be able 10 sail all around me
going to wndward never knew why until found
out that he had a ccntreboard II small one, and
the trnnkca.lng looked merely like folding table IN
the cabin with the flaps down. but it did the business
OF course with his conviction that keel boat cannot
work 20 wiudward Ike ccntrepoarl boat. Lieutenant
Hem Is not likely indug IN another 90 for the
Cup.
CONSOLATION FOR THE CUTTER MEN.
Though defeated the cutter have consolation
beside. the hope retrieving their defeat They take 10
Themselves credit for having knocked over the skmnng
dish and taught sloOp men build type OF sloop
which vastly superior to the old type They assert
thai the burgess boats are successful just In the proper
fion that they have departed from what was before
regarded ~ the typical soop AMI approached the cutter
model and that the Volunteer surpasses the Mayower
and the Puritan because she goes further otherwise
than either OF them This sort OF consolation no one
bcgrudgcs them ard prompts the natural suggestion that
they should take leaf OF their opponents books
and edge -loopNise with their cutters.
II has not yet become known what will be- the size NJ
the new challenger the cup II is generally conceded
hat with n tho second class seventy feet or
under on the water lue-lr sweet would stand better
chance OF capturing the cup than with cutter Of the
dimensions Of the Gaatca Genesl or Thistle, which IT
is pretty certain would be met by the Volunteer again
In smaller hc could indulge in greater proper
Tomato draft than I'm Of the first class AMI thus
would not be placed at such disadvantage By the
ccntrcbolri.
OF course TO win with big cutter would be greater
victory than 10 win with smaller cutter, because the
smpoymcui OF a smaller cutter w0ult he virtual al
mission that the biz cutter has no chance but perhaps
Mr. sweet thinking that the main thing is TO win the
CUP may put I'm a cutter OF the second class should he
f,n In n danger, such
challenge would not be at all unpopular with American
yacht-men The cup Committee mag pit the Volunteer
against any challenger for the Cup but they Will I'M
doubtclly do the sportsmonikc thing rather man inc
safe thing, and oppose her WIN Hioop or her own
class This would greatly stimulate the pulhg OF sucu
boats They are cheaper hanlcr and for the ordinary
yachtsman represent a much more dcs,f'Dle type o
yacht than the big single slckers IKE tAe Volunteer anu
MaynOwer.
SMALLER YACHTS MAY DEFEND THE CUP.
The mere suggestion last year that cond-cass
cutter might come over the Cup caused two splendid
second-ca.s Scoops to be but-the Ttania and the
shamrock Many yacht-incu who wouldn't dream OF
building Volunteer. which costs something Ike
10000 to bring the starting line. would build sloop
OF tc second class competitor for the honor of de
Tending the Cup The probability is that several snch
.oops would be built and other designers beside
Burgess would have opportunity to iii tnSush them
Selves and thus oG the main objects when th"se
who gave the Cup had ~ view-the encouragement OF
American yacht buildng-w ould he suhscrved
Lieutenant Hem and his wife will start for England In
the alatca They havo made nOsts OF rieius
here who will glad TO learn that they VII! soon return
again. They might have speedy and luXurous TRIP
home ON some steamer while the skipper and crew
rouchcI 1t Galaca, but Lieutenant Hem doesn
subject his men to any scomorts that he Is not willing
IA share ana besides he is yachtsman who enjoys sail
ing when there Is enough wind and TO lend suggcs-
ton OF danger to Inc cA,telht. ino r"in,o" ,r "